I usually don’t post pics of my Cav, much less start a build thread of it…..so we will see how this goes. I have not driven the Cav since September 2008 when I heard rod knock about 30 mins from home. I managed to limp it home without the motor showing me its rods. I was not too upset as I had most of the parts ready to build another motor ( at the time ). Long story short, ( changed my mind a lot ) I sold most of those parts to build something else, when I bought Atomic’s motor cheaper than I could finish my other plan.

When I got the motor home…

Engine on stand to check the bottom end…hmmm no windage tray and a different way to do the 2.3 oil pump

Added missing windage tray. It will probably get sent out for oil shed coatings

Nice 7qt oil pan

Pulled 086 head off to see O-ringed block and 9:1 pistons with no valve reliefs??? I also snapped off a cam tower bolt in the process. All of them had blue loc-tite on them

I have a lot more parts on the way for the car and a few parts getting painted. I will upload more pics later